Annex A

Approvals committee – November 2010

1. Since the last Board report, our approval committee has met once to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment.

2. The cases considered are listed below:

| Meeting date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruit | Committee Decision | |--------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------| | 30 November 2010 | 60 RME | External recruitment of financial analyst | Recruitment | Approved | | 30 November 2010 | 62 RME | Corporate finance advice £80,000 | Consultancy | Approved, | | 30 November 2010 | 63 CS | Legal advice on procurement (call off) £35,000 | Consultancy | Approved | | 30 November 2010 | 65 CS | Recruitment of Director of Railway Markets and Economics £30,000 | Recruitment and consultancy (specialist recruitment) | Approved Approved |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener

3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below £20,000 which are subject to approval by the director of corporate services. There has been one approved application totalling £3,450 (plus VAT).